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Early Warning Signs from Wastewater Surveillance

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

When Disaster Delays Diagnosis

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

The Roots of Wellness in Older Cancer Survivors

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

Surviving the Stroke Belt

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

Shots Missed: The Troubling Decline in Childhood Vaccines

Fellow Jude Sleiman

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02.09.2018 Graphic showing estimated P. falciparum and P. vivax malaria cases by WHO region

Preventing Malaria

Africa carries a larger burden of malaria than all other regions of the world combined. The most effective ways of preventing malaria, bed nets and indoor insecticide spraying, are more challenging than they sound.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

01.31.2018 a graph of different colored circles

Non-Communicable Disease in Low and Middle Income Countries

Non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular and respiratory disease, diabetes, and depression, cause 70% of deaths globally.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

12.01.2017 Graph of reaching ART 90% coverage by 2020 under two assumptions about future HIV transmission

The End of AIDS is in the Details

The United Nations’ Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has a goal to eradicate AIDS by 2030. One of the most difficult facets of reaching the end of AIDS, they say, will be knowing when we’ve gotten there.

Fellow Madeline Bishop

11.13.2017 A crushed cigarette

A “Micro-Ounce” of Cancer Prevention

Precision medicine holds great promise for managing and treating cancer. Yet an underfunded and underutilized breakthrough is already available: cancer prevention.

Guest Author Megan Healey

11.10.2017 Screenshot of main menu of storytelling intervention

Storytelling and African-American Veterans with High Blood Pressure

Would hearing another person’s story help increase adherence to treatment plans? A recent study assessed the effectiveness of DVD storytelling to decrease blood pressure of African-American veterans.